Bird photography
Although I love birds, I’ve never been and I never will be a real twitcher / birder, it’s just not in my genes.
I sure love them, but I love them as every other creature and I couldn’t care less if they’re rare or not. When it comes to bird photography, I have two main interests:
1. The easygoingness of the bird
I use a full frame Canon 5D Mark III and Canon 300mm f/4L IS USM, which is way too short for photographing camera-shy creatures. Especially when you don’t like to wear camouflage gear either. Because of my very short focal distance I have to come pretty close and the last thing I want to capture is a disturbed, scared or angry bird. I like my models to be fully at ease 😉
2. The setting and light
Personally I prefer a very common bird in special light and beautiful setting above a boring photo of an extremely rare bird. Having said that, of course I do have my preferences, like utterly cute little owlets in fantastic backlight, Eurasian Bitterns doing silly walks, mating Kingfishers on a perch, angry swans, short-eared owls in flight, happily dancing White Throated Dippers, high speed mosquito chasing baby ducklings, god-wit silhouettes at sunset, elegant storks in the snow, imperturbable night-herons, or evil little goslings….
But I can get just as happy with a totally common starling feeding its youngsters or a sparrow enjoying its bath and hopefully this leads to beautiful bird photos with a personal touch…
Eurasian bittern participating Ministry of Silly Walks
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus, previously Strix otus)
Egyptian gosling
Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Egyptian gosling (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Blue heron on a beautiful autumn day
It’s actually a cute gosling….
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blue heron on a beautiful autumn day
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Mute swan (Cygnus olor) (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Egyptian goslings (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Common Starling ( Sturnus vulgaris)
Mute Swan (Cynus olor)
Wild Duck | Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Geese at sunrise
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Common Starling ( Sturnus vulgaris)
Eurasian Bittern flying from a reed bed
Wild Duckling (Anas platyrhynchos)
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Blue heron on a beautiful autumn day
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus, previously Strix otus)
Wild Duckling (Anas platyrhynchos)
Portrait of a Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern (Botaurus Stellaris) using its camouflage technique in the snow
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Western Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)